The Office of Institutional Research is committed to serving the College by providing comprehensive data, research, and analytic services to support administrative planning and constituencies across the Lake Forest College community.
To accomplish this commitment, the duties of the Office of Institutional Research include but are not limited to: collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and sharing data with the Lake Forest College community; preparing analysis against trends and peers; supporting research and survey administration efforts on-campus; coordinating external data submissions; coordinating campus-wide surveys of students, staff, and faculty; and supporting assessment activity at the College.
Common Data Set
The Common Data Set (CDS) is a part of a national, collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and guidebook publishers to make information sharing more efficient and to provide clear, standard data definitions to attain higher quality and more accurate information. Data items and definitions in the CDS are typically determined by the U.S. Department of Education based on their use in its higher education surveys. The CDS is reported and updated annually. Files detailing the CDS for the last three academic years are listed below.
Common Data Set 2022-2023 (Excel download)
Student FTE
Student FTE (full-time equivalent) refers to the measurement of an institution’s student enrollment when taking into account whether students are attending on a full-time or part-time basis. Specifically, the calculation is all full-time students + (1/3) of part-time students. Thus, for FTE counting purposes, part-time students are weighted at one-third the equivalent of full-time students.
Student FTE: 2018: 1,489, 2019: 1,541, 2020: 1,558, 2021: 1,666, 2022: 1,716
Faculty FTE
Faculty FTE (full-time equivalent) refers to the measurement of an institution’s faculty size when taking into account whether faculty are working on a full-time or part-time basis. Specifically, the calculation is all full-time faculty + (1/3) of part-time faculty. Thus, for FTE counting purposes, part-time faculty are weighted at one-third the equivalent of full-time faculty.
Faculty FTE: 2018: 127, 2019: 128, 2020: 129, 2021: 134, 2022: 137
Contact Us
Kyle Diep
Assistant Director of Institutional Research
North Hall, Room 202
Middle Campus
diep@lakeforest.edu
847-735-5035